Category Archives: funner

Dear IRS,

I am not going to try and pretend to understand how you calculate my return. Every year, I go to a website, plop in my numbers and never lie about them. I tell you my income, my school costs, the … Continue reading

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Coraline

Depending on your definition of spoilers…this may have some. A dozen or more times per year, a movie is released to the theater that is labeled, “THE MUST SEE FAMILY MOVIE OF THE YEAR” This month, it was Coraline. 2009 … Continue reading

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SPAM Museum

Until today…I had never been to the Spam Museum. Gonna cross that off my list. My son, Max, and I drove a full two hours to the mystery meat mecca in search of something to add to my Do Something … Continue reading

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First Day: A Temperary Mistake?

Day one was a hoot. For the first time ever I semi-permanently dyed my whole head of hair hot pink. Beginning when I was 15 during the Kool-Aid hair dye craze of the 1990s, I started dying my hair different … Continue reading

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Groundhog Day is Weird but not THAT Weird.

I enjoy Groundhog Day. I enjoy it as much as one possibly can without actually doing anything whatsoever different on the day it falls. Well, I do repeatedly tune in on February 2nd and see what that crazy little rat … Continue reading

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…all I ever wanted …had to get away

dingdingdingdingding!  YES!  I am thinking vacation.  Usually I go back to Seattle once a year to visit the family and take a long and relaxing road trip.  I go in June just after school and I love every second of … Continue reading

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Gave a Letter to the Postman

I’ve mentioned before, I was divorced several years back. (This post has nothing to do with divorce) When I left, I left with three suitcases and only went back to collect things a few times. Things like dishes, Max’s crib … Continue reading

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Ann Coulter Smells Bad

I don’t like the woman’s thoughts.     She has  outrageous opinions.  She yells them on TV.  She might smell, but I made that part up. You may have heard the lady has a new book sure to be a … Continue reading

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Grade School Lingo

Elementary school is fun and messy and filled with high hopes of being awarded with colorful pencil tops for perfect attendance. I read in one study that grade school years are the most difficult and stressful years of our lives. … Continue reading

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A year is too long…

Each of the past ten years, give or take, I have sat thinking about what to resolve that has been a weakness of mine in the year before. I mentally make a list if my faults, and think about which … Continue reading

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